Digital Library
Welcome to Our New Digital Library
Our new library will let you sort, filter and search for resources in one place. Compiled by CHCANYS staff the library contains tools, materials, reference guides, video recordings and more from a variety of topic areas. From Digital Health and Clinical resources to Policy and Advocacy materials, find everything you need in one convenient database.
Voter Registration Webinar (NYC)
Learn how to promote and support voter registration at your community health center! CHCANYS partnered with the League of Women Voters of New York State to share with CHCs strategies for supporting voter registration at community health centers. Read More »
Final Telehealth Regulatory Comments
May 18, 2022 Read More »
Health Equity Factsheet
CHCs Advance Health Equity Read More »
Memo of Support: Child Welfare Preventive Housing Subsidy A.1777C (Hevesi)/S.5419B (Brisport)
The child welfare preventive housing subsidy is more critical now than any time in the recent past as families face significant financial and housing precarity due to the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. Read More »
Memo of Support: Absentee Ballot Drop-Off A.4128A (Gottfried)/S.492 (Hoylman)
Expanding qualifications to vote by absentee ballot during the 2020 election year was an important step to increasing voter access during the pandemic. Read More »
Managed Long-Term Care Automatic Enrollment and Recertification Simplification A.5980A (Paulin)/S.4622B (Rivera)
Navigating the healthcare systems can often be complex and burdensome for many people. This legislation would provide for automatic enrollment and simplify recertification for Medicaid eligible recipients in long-term care. Read More »
Memo of Support: Establish the Reproductive Freedom and Equity Program A.10148 (Gonzalez-Rojas)/S.9078 (Cleare)
Increasing and expanding access to reproductive healthcare is critical to advancing health equity. This legislation would establish the Reproductive Freedom and Equity program to ensure that all New Yorkers and people across the country will be able to access reproductive healthcare. Read More »
Memo of Support: Model Contract A.9442A (Gottfried)/S.9207 (Rivera)
This legislation would require the Department of Health to make public any changes it has made to the State’s model contract, a legal document that outlines the contractual requirements on managed care organizations (MCOs) in the state’s Medicaid managed care program. Read More »
Memo of Support: Clean Slate Act A.6399 (Cruz)/S.1553C (Myrie)
All New Yorkers deserve equal access to housing, employment, and education. However, there are 2.3M New Yorkers who are perpetually punished by their conviction records that deprive them of access to these basic opportunities despite having already served their sentences. Read More »
Comprehensive Sexuality Education for All New Yorkers A.4604
Everyone deserves access to information and resources to make informed decisions about their health. Read More »
Memo of Support: Equality Amendment S.1268 (Krueger)/No Same As
The legislation will begin the process to ensure that the NYS Constitution will broadly prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, disability, or sex including pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression discri Read More »